Reception
Trunks has appeared in various Anime Grand Prix poll, taking high places in the category "best male character." In an IGN article for the GT series, Trunks' character design in the series has been criticized as being "goofy".
Composer for the Funimation dub of the Dragon Ball Z, Bruce Faulconer, has stated on his website that Trunks was his favorite Dragon Ball character. American voice actor Christopher Sabat has agreed with Faulconer, saying that apart from Vegeta, Trunks is his favorite character from the series. He has liked how his character is "lone survivor of the apocalypse, son of the most angry and the most headstrong characters." He additionally liked Trunks' fight such as the one in which he easily killed Frieza.
In an interview, actor Masi Oka compared Future Trunks to his Heroes character Hiro Nakamura, as both are time travelers that carry swords.
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